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The Agfa-Gevaert Group in 2023: Group EBITDA increases by 52%, powered by its growth engines - regulated information
Regulated information – March 13, 2024 - 7:45 a.m. CET
The Agfa-Gevaert Group in 2023: Group EBITDA increases by 52%, powered by its growth engines
Mortsel (Belgium), March 13, 2024 – Agfa-Gevaert today commented on its results in 2023.
“In 2023 all our growth engines performed very well, powering the profitability of the Group. We have made strong progress in all of them, with the launch of our HealthCare IT cloud and web streaming activities, our strategic partnership with EFI and an unprecedented number of innovative product introductions, including our SpeedSet single-pass packaging printer. Furthermore, our ZIRFON membrane business grew exponentially and started to contribute to our profitability in the course of 2023. This validates the repositioning of the Group in these future-oriented activities,” said Pascal Juéry, President and CEO of the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
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Agfa-Gevaert Group
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Full year
Fourth quarter
Financial position and cash flow
Outlook
In 2024, the Agfa-Gevaert Group expects a continuation of the trends seen in the previous year, with continued growth for the growth engines and further profitability improvements. As usual, due to seasonality reasons, a slower start of 2024 is expected, followed by a stronger second half, supported by the impact of the materialization of postponed projects.
2024 outlook per division:
HealthCare IT
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Full year
Fourth quarter
Digital Print & Chemicals
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Full year
Digital Printing Solutions
Green Hydrogen Solutions
Division performance
Fourth quarter
Radiology Solutions
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Full year
Contractor Operations and Services – former Offset
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Reporting post Offset Solutions
The recent sale of the Offset Solutions division (now rebranded to ECO3) influences the way the Agfa-Gevaert Group reports its results. The numbers from sales to EBITDA present the Agfa-Gevaert Group with Offset Solutions excluded, but with a new division called 'Contractor Operations and Services – former Offset' or 'CONOPS'. CONOPS represents the supply of film and chemicals as well as a set of support services delivered by Agfa to the external party ECO3. The turnover represents the supply agreements, with corresponding COGS charges. The income related to the support services will be accounted for as Other Income, while the costs related to those support services are re-presented in the different SG&A lines. The comparative period 2022 has been re-presented accordingly. As per IFRS 5, stranded costs related to Offset Solutions have been treated differently in 2023 vs 2022. In 2022, stranded costs are reported under CONOPS. In 2023, these are absorbed by the three business divisions.
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Management Certification of Financial Statements and Quarterly Report
This statement is made in order to comply with new European transparency regulation enforced by the Belgian Royal Decree of November 14, 2007 and in effect as of 2008.
"The Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Agfa-Gevaert NV, represented by Mr. Frank Aranzana, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Pascal Juéry, President and CEO, and Mr. Dirk De Man, CFO, jointly certify that, to the best of their knowledge, the consolidated financial statements included in the report and based on the relevant accounting standards, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of Agfa-Gevaert NV, including its consolidated subsidiaries. Based on our knowledge, the report includes all information that is required to be included in such document and does not omit to state all necessary material facts.”
Statement of risk
This statement is made in order to comply with new European transparency regulation enforced by the Belgian Royal Decree of November 14, 2007 and in effect as of 2008.
"As with any company, Agfa is continually confronted with – but not exclusively – a number of market and competition risks or more specific risks related to the cost of raw materials, product liability, environmental matters, proprietary technology or litigation."
Key risk management data is provided in the annual report available on www.agfa.com.
Confirmation Information – press release Agfa-Gevaert NV
The statutory auditor, KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren – Réviseurs d'Entreprises, represented by F. Poesen, has confirmed that the audit procedures, which have been substantially completed, have not revealed any material misstatement in the accounting information included in the Company's annual announcement.
Berchem, March 13, 2024
KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren / Réviseurs d'Entreprises
Represented by
F. Poesen, Partner
Contact:
Viviane Dictus
Director Corporate Communication
Septestraat 27
2640 Mortsel - Belgium
T +32 (0) 3 444 71 24
E viviane.dictus@agfa.com
The full press release and financial information is also available on the company's website: www.agfa.com.
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
1) Compliant with IFRS 5.33, the Company has presented in its Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Income, a single amount comprising the total of the post-tax profit (loss) of discontinued operations and the post-tax profit (loss) on the disposal of net assets constituting the discontinued operations. The Group has sold its Offset Solutions business in April, 2023. Comparative information has been re-presented.
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ending December 2022 / December 2023 (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
1) Compliant with IFRS 5.33, the Company has presented in its Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Income, a single amount comprizing the total of the post-tax profit (loss) of discontinued operations and the post-tax profit (loss) on the disposal of net assets constituting the discontinued operations. The Group has sold its Offset Solutions business in April, 2023. Comparative information has been re-presented.
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the quarter ending December 2022 / December 2023 (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
1) Compliant with IFRS 5.33, the Company has presented in its Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Income, a single amount comprizing the total of the post-tax profit (loss) of discontinued operations and the post-tax profit (loss) on the disposal of net assets constituting the discontinued operations. The Group has sold its Offset Solutions business in April, 2023. Comparative information has been re-presented.
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
The Group has elected to present a statement of cash flows that includes all cash flows, including both continuing and discontinuing operations.
Consolidated Statement of changes in Equity (in million euro)
Consolidated figures following IFRS accounting policies.
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